A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

A park dedicated to the titular writer filled with references to his work.

A mountaintop museum of Bond props, sets, and cinematic secrets.

Liechtenstein's royal family calls this medieval alpine castle home.

The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.

An Anatolian immigrant created his own little paradise in the shadow of the Berlin Wall, made possible by the tensions of the Cold War.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.

A beautiful gorge filled with streams and waterfalls.

A bridge to rival those in nearby Venice but without the crowds.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.